QuoteRepublican officials in Utah expect Rep. Jason Chaffetz to step down from Congress, possibly as early as Friday, and were in the early stages of preparing for a special election to fill his 3rd district seat.

QuoteUtah Rep. Jason Chaffetz — who shocked the political establishment when he announced his retirement earlier this week — said that he has already started looking for post-congressional employment, and hopes to serve on boards of directors and link up with a television network.

“I started poking around to see what I might be worth and what sort of possibilities are there,” Chaffetz said in a phone interview with POLITICO Thursday afternoon..."I’d be thrilled to have a television relationship."

Nice work, if you can find a rich Republican sugar daddy to pay you. Heck, maybe he's the new Bill O'Reilly.

"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." (1987) -- Carl Sagan

Maybe Speaker Ryan threatened to boot him from his chair of the investigative committee because Rep. Chaffetz would be too aggressive investigating Pres. Trump. Probably not because his empty investigation of Sec. Clinton demonstrates he is not ethical. That and his flip-flop on endorsing Candidate Trump.

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